Halifa sallah, I shall respond in due course after July, 4. You have a good weekend. Mori Kebba Jammeh ----- Original Message ----- From: foroyaa <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:21 AM Subject: Re: THE UDP LEADER AND 24 OTHERS > Mori Kebba, > > We thank you for agreeing that there is need for some form national response > to what happened in Basse. However, I cannot understand what you mean when > you asserted that "....calls for dialogue will never be answered if the > current trend continues on the ground i.e. selected attacks on one > political party whilst there are more than one in the country.That issue > must be addressed first. If the other political parties believe that they > are being attacked because they are more hard on the government then calls > for national reconciliation and conferences will never take off the ground." > > I am not aware that this is the position of any political party in this > country. If you know more than we do, would you please indicate which party > holds the view that it is being attacked because it is harder on the > government than others. > > Frankly speaking, Mori Kebba, statements like this do not help in promoting > an atmosphere for dialogue. If you are not a member of the UDP executive, > you should not make insinuations that appear like comments emerging from > them. > > Since the incident occurred, we believe PDOIS has given all the solidarity > that could be given by a political party in this country. We do more than we > publish, and we hope that we will be allowed to continue to do what we are > capable of doing in the way we think it should be done in good faith and in > the public interest. > > Secondly, you ask whether I was questioning the credibility of the UDP when > I mentioned that they claimed that they were ambushed. It has been said, in > no uncertain terms, that this matter is in the courts. Even the UDP members > are holding their breathe on the facts in preparation for their defence. I > hope you will respect the language we utilise in order not to prejudice the > case. > > Lastly, you talked about swift condemnations of the high-handedness of the > security forces during the April 10 and 11 incident. I hope you would have > realised by now that we are not talking about security forces using > high-handedness against opposition forces and killing one of them in Basse. > This is a totally different scenario. > > Mori Kebba, it is claimed that Alieu Njie's body was seriously mutilated. > What condemnation do you expect from me that would accord with a sense of > respect for human life irrespective of political differences? The country is > undergoing very difficult circumstances, and we are not at all relying on > partisan sentiments to handle all the antagonistic contradictions. Moreover, > we have not created these contradictions. We simply find ourselves having to > deal with them in the best way we know how. > > The only way that it could have been proven that we are being favoured is > for the State to be handed over to us on a silver platter. I do not think > any sane person exists who believes that that is the objective of the APRC > Government. Different parties have their different methods of politics. What > all honest Gambians should do is to respect each party's style of politics > and still call on all to create an environment where each will pursue the > support of the people according to their own style and design. > > It will be most helpful if I am not dragged into divisive issues at this > stage. I have opened up for you to ask any question to avoid any > misunderstanding. I hope you will exploit that opportunity before making any > insinuations. > > Greetings. > > Halifa Sallah > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mori Kebba Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 12:33 AM > Subject: Re: THE UDP LEADER AND 24 OTHERS > > > > Halifa Sallah, > > Thank you very much indeed in responding to my inquires about your party's > > position on the recent events in the Gambia. > > > > First of all, I can't agree more with you on the need for national > political > > conference in the Gambia especially in light of the forthcoming local, > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------